1 [C,U] the normal order and way in which you regularly do things:
We are trying to get the baby into a routine for feeding and sleeping. * Make exercise a part of your daily routine. * We clean and repair the machines as a matter of routine.
2 [U] (disapproving) a situation in which life is boring because things are always done in the same way:
She needed a break from routine.
3 [C] a series of movements, jokes, etc. that are part of a performance:
a dance routine * We need some new material for our routine.
4 [C] (computing) a list of instructions that enable a computer to perform a particular task
adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 done or happening as a normal part of a particular job, situation or process:
routine enquiries / questions / tests * The fault was discovered during a routine check.
2 not unusual or different in any way:
He died of a heart attack during a routine operation.
3 (disapproving) ordinary and boring
SYNDULL:
a routine job / task / life * This type of work rapidly becomes routine.
routinely adverb:
Visitors are routinely checked as they enter the building. * This information is now routinely available to anyone with access to a computer. * The prisoners were routinely (= repeatedly) subjected to torture.
